Monday, April 29, 2013

New York Jets release Tim Tebow

New York Jets release Tim Tebow: The New York Jets have released quarterback Tim Tebow.

Police offer $30,000 reward in AK47-style shootings

Police offer $30,000 reward in AK47-style shootings: Philadelphia police are offering $30,000 in reward money tied to a fatal shooting in North Philadelphia three weeks ago - $20,000 for information on the killer and $10,000 for his gun, an AK-47 style assault weapon involved in both the homicide and another shooting a week later, several blocks away.

Penn Relays

Penn Relays: Coverage of high school events at the Penn Relays. Sports, E8-9.

Toomey says he won't take new shot at gun bill

Toomey says he won't take new shot at gun bill: WASHINGTON - Sen. Pat Toomey (R., Pa.) dismissed talk Friday that he might take a second run at passing new gun laws, even as a new poll found voters in the state giving him high marks for backing a bipartisan plan to expand background checks.

A different kind of service call: Volunteering

A different kind of service call: Volunteering: On a path pocked with potholes and strewn with hacked and chainsawed brush, Bill and Stephanie Mink scanned their list of names.

Sparks fly at Philly arts festival's last day

Sparks fly at Philly arts festival's last day: There was a bully on Broad Street on Saturday, but he had nothing to do with hockey pucks.
Rising 16 feet over the crowds in front of the Kimmel Center at Spruce Street, a T. rex showed his terrible teeth, roared a sort-of terrible roar, and wiggled his teeny, terrible forearms.

Phila. DA assembles team to investigate corruption

Phila. DA assembles team to investigate corruption: Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has quietly assembled an elite team of veteran prosecutors to investigate public corruption.
To staff the effort, Williams has hired prosecutors from the state Attorney General's Office who brought successful cases against senior political figures in both parties, including former House Speaker John M. Perzel.

Corrections officer accused of assaulting woman

Corrections officer accused of assaulting woman: TRENTON - DNA testing required under a recent New Jersey law has led to additional charges against a corrections officer already accused of posing as a police officer to solicit sex from prostitutes, state authorities said Thursday.

Conshohocken retains its sense of community

Conshohocken retains its sense of community: Forty-nine years ago, Conshohocken leaders began crafting a comprehensive plan to transform the grimy old mill town into a modern, livable municipality, albeit a small one.

Clerk: I was waiting to be shot

Clerk: I was waiting to be shot: CNN's Piers Morgan talks to the gas station clerk who helped a man who said he was carjacked by the Tsarnaev brothers.